Funj Sultanate
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The Funj Sultanate was an early modern Islamic kingdom in what is now Sudan, known for unifying much of the Nile Valley region and fostering a distinctive blend of African and Arab cultures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Funj Sultanate canonical | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical state
ⓘ
sultanate ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Blue Sultanate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sultanate of Sennar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Darfur Sultanate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Sennar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | Muhammad Ali dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| currency |
barter
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| declineCause |
Ottoman–Egyptian expansion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
internal dynastic conflicts ⓘ provincial autonomy ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| endTime | 1821 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
Funj NERFINISHED ⓘ Nubians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Egyptian–Ottoman rule in Sudan
ⓘ
Turkiyah in Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Funj people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Islamization of central Sudan
ⓘ
blend of African and Arab cultures ⓘ development of Sufi Islam in Sudan ⓘ unifying much of the Nile Valley in Sudan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nile Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Sudan ⓘ eastern Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| military |
cavalry
ⓘ
firearms acquired through trade ⓘ |
| notableCity |
Argo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kosti region NERFINISHED ⓘ Sennar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | centralized monarchy with provincial governors ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Alodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Makuria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 1504 ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Nobiin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local Nubian languages ⓘ |
| yearOfConquest | 1821 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Funj Sultanate Description of subject: The Funj Sultanate was an early modern Islamic kingdom in what is now Sudan, known for unifying much of the Nile Valley region and fostering a distinctive blend of African and Arab cultures.
Referenced by (3)
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